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...know long division, but who are mocked on the playground for living on “Prostitute Street.” It’s enough to make you want to spend a lot of money, which, fortunately, is possible for these residents of the highest tax bracket. Things have become so bad that a few of them are up in arms, getting petitions signed and calling for town meetings to discuss changing the street name. And they should change it. No one deserves to live that...
...crowd was surprised by Gordon’s weaker-than-expected showing, and some observers said his sharp tongue cost him votes. Gordon had been by far the most vocal critic of this year’s challengers, loudly lambasting incumbents for higher property tax rates and alleged complacency...
...stir voters’ discontent, making it “a tough year to be a challenger.”“The thing that makes the incumbents a little stronger is the absence of a critical or emotional issue,” Koocher said. “Taxes were reduced or leveled; crime is really less an issue; rent control is really less an issue. There’s nothing to exacerbate the voters’ fears, concerns, or anything like that.”Many of the challengers, ranging from self-described “progressive?...
...Silicon Valley, Calif. India, Asia’s third largest economy, has grown at an average rate of 6.8 percent since 1994. The nation has been noted for the rapid growth of its service sector, fueled by a young population in fields as diverse as software development, telemarketing, and tax preparation, according to an International Monetary Fund study. Walker Professor of Business Administration Krishna G. Palepu, the HBS Dean for International Development, said that while the IRC’s faculty will be entirely from HBS, he envisions a center that can contribute to India while giving HBS professors...
...benign-sounding “estate tax” is now better known by the nefarious moniker “the death tax.” The Democrats, of course, play the same game, though perhaps less successfully; the Republican strategy for eliminating judicial filibusters, “the constitutional option,” is now universally referred to as “the nuclear option” by Democrats...